LEADER 02518nam 2200493Ia 450 001 9910823984903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-349-53305-X 010 $a0-312-37620-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000001409181 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC308375 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL308375 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10156435 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL136693 035 $a(OCoLC)182530036 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001409181 100 $a20060223d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aVodou in Haitian life and culture $einvisible powers /$fedited by Claudine Michel and Patrick Bellegarde-Smith 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cPalgrave Macmillan$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages) 311 $a1-4039-7162-5 311 $a1-4039-7161-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- Vodou in Haitian Life and Culture -- Contents -- Invisible Powers: An Introduction -- Chapter 1 Afro-Caribbean Spirituality: A Haitian Case Study -- Chapter 2 Vodou in Haiti: Way of Life and Mode of Survival -- Chapter 3 African Interpretations of the Christian Cross in Vodou -- Chapter 4 The Song of Freedom: Vodou, Conscientization, and Popular Culture in Haiti -- Chapter 5 Yon Moso Twal Nan Bwa (A Piece of Cloth on Wood): The Drapo Vodou in Myths of Origin -- Chapter 6 "The Jew" in the Haitian Imagination: Pre-Modern Anti-Judaism in the Postmodern Caribbean -- Chapter 7 Resisting Freedom: Cultural Factors in Democracy-The Case for Haiti -- Chapter 8 The Haiti-New Orleans Vodou Connection: Zora Neale Hurston as Initiate-Observer -- Chapter 9 Water in Their Eyes, Dust on Their Land: Heat and Illness in a Haitian Town -- Chapter 10 How Houngans Use the Light from Distant Stars -- Chapter 11 Vodou in Haitian Literature -- Chapter 12 It's All for You, Sen Jak! -- Notes on Contributors -- Index. 330 $aAn introduction to Vodou practices and beliefs, with a focus on Haiti. 606 $aVoodooism 607 $aHaiti$xReligious life and customs 615 0$aVoodooism. 676 $a299.6/75097294 701 $aMichel$b Claudine$01602901 701 $aBellegarde-Smith$b Patrick$01602902 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823984903321 996 $aVodou in Haitian life and culture$93927035 997 $aUNINA